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Olly398 - Stick with the 27s if its meant to have them, you'll always notice the little 700s if you do change.
I thought I could build up a decent pair of 27s for around £100. How wrong I was. My wheels (on a red bob jackson a few pages back) cost best part of £200-250 after all the cock-ups because of the odd size, weird spoke length and build cost etc. But they are stunning.
Normally I'm not bothered about weight, but they are actually quite good (for their size). Front is about 1kg with tyre & qr rear about 1.2kg (old heavy anti-puncture city bike tubes weigh same as the tyres, i shit ye not).
When compared to the uber lightweight wheels on my new purchase (650 x 19/20c on triple butted spokes & mavic 4CDs) they are only a few hundred gram more, and yet are physically massive in comparison.
Hilary occasionally gets high end 27" wheels on high flange hubs for about £70-100. But always silver, getting grey ones is neigh on impossible. And you see budget dutch touring wheels/rims through some of the wholesalers which are OK, still better than ancient steels though ;)
No - idea why I bought this, obviously has some delusions that I would put my running shoes back on and become a superstar triathlete, but anyway, it arrived minus the inner tubes (tight seller or what!) and one of the aero-bar pads missing, and an 8spd shifter (original aero grip shift 1990s things), 8spd mech but a 7spd MTB block, wtf? But mostly dura ace with 600 hubs.
Its absolutely tiny, 650c wheels (which are now banned from competitions i think?) and has a monster 60+ tooth big ring, but goes like hell, shame I cant' ride it though, I mean, its a bloody yellow aero bike, and I'm a baggy short wearing mountain bike guy with full 2" deep pile on his legs, a bike only really for people who are serious/competitive freaks I think.